Literary Criticism in the 21st Century: Theory Renaissance

by Vincent B. Leitch

Book Overview

For more than a decade literary criticism has been thought to be in a post-theory age. Despite this, the work of thinkers such as Derrida, Deleuze and Foucault and new writers such as Agamben and Ranciere continue to be central to literary studies. Literary Criticism in the 21st Century explores the explosion of new theoretical approaches that has seen a renaissance in theory and its importance in the institutional settings of the humanities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472527704
• ISBN13: 9781472527707
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"